Optimal Time Interval for Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Analysis of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Data
Purpose Pathologic downstaging of rectal cancer has been suggested to be associated with the time interval from chemoradiotherapy (CRT) completion to surgery. We aimed to evaluate the effect of this time interval for patients with rectal cancer on the pathologic response. Methods All patients with r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Coloproctology
2018-10-01
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Series: | Annals of Coloproctology |
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Online Access: | http://coloproctol.org/upload/pdf/ac-2018-01-01.pdf |